Christmas Day Weather for Columbia - 1887 to Present

Has it ever snowed on Christmas Day? First time, Second time.
When was the warmest Christmas Day?
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When was the wettest Christmas Day?

Year	High Temperature	Low Temperature	Rain	Comments
1887	45	37	0.02
1888	66	34	0.00
1889	72	51	0.00
1890	51	40	Trace
1891	68	46	0.00
1892	53	28	0.00	2.0 " snow Dec 27
1893	70	48	0.00
1894	67	41	0.00	1.3 "snow Dec 28, 0.3" Dec 30, 5.0" Dec 31
1895	72	46	0.00
1896	40	23	0.00
1897	34	28	0.00
1898	43	41	0.00
1899	50	41	Trace	Trace snow Dec 28, 0.4" snow Dec 31, 0.6" snow New Years Day Jan 1, 1900
1900	56	34	0.00
1901	69	48	0.01	1.5" snow Dec 19, Rained each day Dec 23 through Dec 30 (total rainfall 3.41", 1.95" on Dec 28)
1902	51	32	0.00
1903	61	51	0.79
1904	68	54	0.00
1905	53	29	0.00
1906	37	17	0.00
1907	56	33	0.00
1908	63	46	0.00
1909	49	34	0.40	Trace snow Dec 20
1910	46	27	0.00
1911	50	45	0.02	Rained each day Dec 20 through Dec 27
1912	52	27	0.00
1913	56	41	0.52	Trace snow Dec 31, trace snow New Years Day Jan 1 1914
1914	47	36	0.75
1915	70	38	Trace	Trace snow Dec 20
1916	63	47	0.00
1917	64	40	0.23	0.7" snow Dec 29, 1.2" snow Dec 31
1918	58	38	0.00
1919	48	28	0.00
1920	45	28	0.00
1921	64	44	0.02
1922	67	44	0.00
1923	54	33	0.00
1924	56	35	0.02	Trace snow Christmas Day, Rained 2.69" Dec 24, rained 1.83" Dec 30
1925	52	38	0.00
1926	76	44	0.01	Trace snow Dec 30
1927	45	32	0.00
1928	55	35	0.00
1929	50	24	0.00	Trace snow Dec 22
1930	43	28	0.00
1931	65	47	0.00
1932	74	65	0.26	Rained each day Dec 25 through Dec 31 (total rainfall 1.13") Warmest average temperature (69.5 degrees
1933	72	51	0.18
1934	69	44	0.00
1935	41	25	0.00	4.0" snow Dec 22, Trace snow Dec 28, 0.4" snow Dec 29
1936	68	35	0.00
1937	59	40	0.00
1938	57	35	0.00
1939	54	28	0.00	Trace snow New Years Day Jan 1, 1940
1940	59	50	0.28
1941	59	37	0.86
1942	53	37	0.15	Rained each day Dec 25 through Dec 30
1943	38	28	0.00
1944	69	40	0.00
1945	55	33	1.64	Heaviest rain on Christmas Day. rained each day Dec 27 through Dec 31
1946	59	40	0.00
1947	38	34	0.81
1948	39	32	0.34
1949	48	35	Trace
1950	58	37	0.00	0.2" Sleet Dec 28, rained each day Dec 26 through Dec 31
1951	61	33	0.00	High temperature New Years Day Jan 1 1952 - 79 degrees
1952	56	44	0.27
1953	40	27	0.50
1954	53	29	0.00
1955	79	52	0.00	Record high temperature for Christmas Day
1956	52	31	0.00
1957	59	42	0.19
1958	46	26	0.00
1959	57	36	0.01	Trace snow Dec 21, trace snow New Years Day Jan 1 1960
1960	58	23	0.00
1961	48	24	0.00
1962	37	32	0.26
1963	56	25	0.00
1964	71	59	0.35	Rained 2.86" Dec 26 - heaviest daily rainfall over holidays
1965	64	40	0.16
1966	47	20	0.00	Trace snow Dec 30
1967	54	26	0.00
1968	47	24	0.00
1969	42	27	0.75	Trace snow Dec 26
1970	51	30	0.02	Trace snow Dec 31
1971	66	36	0.00
1972	55	39	0.56	Rained each day Dec 20 through Dec 25 (total rainfall 2.16")
1973	64	47	0.09	Rained 2.04" on New Years Day Jan 1 1974
1974	76	53	0.07	New Years Day Jan 1 1975 high temperature 75 degrees
1975	59	38	0.23
1976	55	24	0.82
1977	63	38	0.85	End record 6 rainy Christmas Days in a row
1978	59	33	0.00	New Years day Jan 1 1979 high temperature 74 degrees
1979	51	40	0.00
1980	49	22	0.00	Trace snow Dec 26, 0.3" snow Dec 27
1981	49	40	1.17	Trace snow Dec 21, Rained total 5.36" between Dec 21 and Dec 31
1982	77	45	0.00
1983	25	7	0.00	Record low temperature, coldest average temperature (16 degrees)
1984	74	54	0.00	New Years day Jan 1 1985 high temperature 80 degrees
1985	48	21	0.00
1986	59	45	0.00
1987	70	62	0.04
1988	67	36	0.00	Christmas Eve high temperature 75 degrees
1989	44	20	0.00
1990	45	27	0.00	Rain from Dec 18th-31st except on the 25th,26th.
1991	58	30	0.00	Rain each day except Christmas from Dec 22nd-29th
1992	50	27	0.00	Rain each day except Christmas from Dec 20th-31st. Total rain 2.3 inches. New Years Day Jan 1st 1993...high temperature 74 degrees.
1993	49	29	0.01	Trace of Snow and Sleet on Dec 22nd and 2.3 inches of Snow on Dec 23rd.
1994	55	36	0.00	Rain each day from Dec 21st-23rd. 2.6 inches of rain fell on the 23rd...total of 5.02 inches fell through the period.
1995	47	19	0.00
1996	53	28	0.00	Christmas Eve high temperature 75 degrees along with 0.70 inches of rain. Dec 31st, New Year's Eve...high temperature 79 degrees.
1997	65	47	0.00	Rain from Dec 21st-30th except for Christmas Day. 1.65 inches fell on Christmas Eve...rain total 3.39 inches through the period. A trace of Snow fell on the 30th.
1998	40	35	0.30	Rain from Dec 22nd-26th. A trace of Snow fell Christmas Eve and light freezing rain fell on the 26th.
1999	39	23	0.00
2000	41	22	0.00	Sleet reported Dec 28th
2001	46	28	0.00
2002	48	33	0.02	Christmas Eve thunderstorm produced 38 mph winds and a total of 1.54 inches of rain.
2003	48	27	0.00
2004	39	33	T	Trace of sleet fell late Christmas evening. On Dec 26th, a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell.
2005	64	48	0.49
2006	56	48	0.89
2007	56	33	0.10
2008	69	59	0.08